Referent

Word REFERENT
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɹɛf(ə)ɹənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Referent"

What do we mean by referent?

A person or thing to which a linguistic expression refers. noun

Referring; containing a reference; noting one of two terms which have a certain relation to each other. The referent is the term from which the relation proceeds.

One who is referred to; a referee. noun

A word which refers to another. noun

The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes. noun

That which is referenced. noun

Having reference adjective

Something that refers; a term that refers to another term noun

Something referred to; the object of a reference noun

The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate noun

The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.

That which is referenced.

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The word "referent" in example sentences

We have already seen this use generalised to descriptive titles of books, paintings etc (Reclining Nude; Portrait of a Lady …) Of proper nouns, Halliday has this to say “With proper nouns [the referent] is defined experientially: there exists only one, at least in the relevant body of experience … This means that typically there is no further specification … Proper names usually occur without any other elements of the nominal group”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The hope is that, for a second person, that warning cry would produce the same referent, in other words, trigger the alarming thought “A cheetah is coming!” ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

In terms of "the self," in other words, the speaker's dissolution into the referent is really her expansion from an ego to a collective (lore-ridden, nature-ridden) self. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Hammers for Ambres does seem like a pretty easy shift, especially when the referent is a victorious king - Charles Martel is not parallel, but is suggestive. ❋ Carla (2010)

Parsing the referent is a part of that meaning making. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a judgment the thinker acknowledges the truth of the proposition considered, and thereby advances from the proposition to the acknowledgment that the referent is the truth value The True. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though these systems are described as communication, the central theoretical questions are whether the communicative utterances are referential and whether the utterers are mentally representing the referent, that is, whether the utterance is meaningful from the perspective of conspecifics. ❋ Andrews, Kristin (2008)

At first glance, these statements appear to say different things, but if ˜Hesperus™ and ˜Phosphorus™ contribute no descriptive information (like is a morning star or is an evening star) to the proposition expressed by either sentence, but only the referent, which is the same for each term, then the sentences have to say the same thing despite first appearances. ❋ LaPorte, Joseph (2006)

Her hand would be trembling on the highball glass and she'd have a nervous headache where I am robust and refreshed, but the referent is a useful one. ❋ Mollyyoung (2008)

Linguistically this shift of meaning is associated with what is called the referent, since a new context often means fresh referents. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My tale the one which brought up "Mulligan stew" the other day was actually organic, not "referent," in terms of the "Mulligan stew" part. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

I grant the point that English could have its own name or spelling for a Japanese referent which is why we don't change "yen" to "en" in line with the current Japanese pronounciation, but to my way of thinking at least there is no Japanese referent. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I don't know about Canada, Australia, etc., but in the U.S. this kind of referent usage is considered a heinous illiteracy (by those who consider such matters), and those who wish to appear educated would be wise to avoid it. ❋ Unknown (1984)

Because, as we have seen, people tend to approve of people like themselves, these thermometer scores exclude members of the referent group— e.g., the score for Catholics only includes results for non-Catholics, and thus represents how Catholics are perceived by the rest of the population. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

In academic China studies circles, though, the phrase also conjures up efforts by various scholars to get away from assuming that everything about the world's most populous country is inscrutable, understandable to outsiders only if they have been initiated by experts into the strange workings of an exotic culture that share few common referent points with the West. ❋ Jeffrey Wasserstrom (2011)

If something truly had no referent elsewhere in culture – how would we even understand it? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Up even closer, Ms. Jarosz' face looks like a lovely version of Little Lulu, a cultural referent that perfectly dates her companion in the cab. ❋ Daniel Menaker (2011)

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